St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-23
DenuneiationS of MIR. George
Received With Mingled
Cheers and Kisses.
Billy Malone and His Crowd
Get Out a Long Political
Screed,
Addressed to the Republicans
Of Virginia, and Aimed
at Gov. Lee.

special 10 the
New YORK, Aug. 22.-The socialist
mass meeting in the Cooper Union to-
night denounce Henry George and the
United Labor party was very demon
strative affair. The hall was crowded,
and much enthusiasm prevailed.
Thomas O'Neill, of the Twentieth as
sembly district, was chosen chairman.
There was deafening applause as Fur
niture Union No. and Framers' Union
No. entered the hall bearing red flags.
The audience rose to their feet
and shouted with delight. There
was evidently a discordant ele-
ment present, however. for when
Chairman O'NeIll, after praiSing the
delegates who, he said, withdrew from
the Syracuse convention on a question
of principle, began to denounce Henry
George. he was interrupted by Kisses.
The Kisses were at once met by cheers,
but whenever Mr.. O'Neill in the course
of his remarks recommended his attack
upon Mr.. George he raised the storm
again. There was so much confusion
that the chairman brought his speech to
speedy close and introduced
William Penn Rogers, who announced
that he had resigned from the United
Labor party. When he mentioned
Henry Georges name storm of cheers
and Kisses rose again from the great
crowd. The people on the platform
defiantly waved their red flags, where
upon the opposition shouted police, po-
lice" There was an uproar and babel
of tongues, but it slowly Subsided, and
Mr.. Rogers was given chance to re-
sumo his address. Il admire the grand
mOgul of the Emitted Labor party'' he
said, ''but believe he is too
ABSORBED IN HIS LAND THEORY
to care for the masses" Mr.. Rogers
was so frequently interrupted that he
did not prOlong his remarks. The con-
fusion was increasing and Chairman
O'Neil had to battle with the crowd
before he got them quiet enough to let
him introduce Editor Schevitch, of the
Volks Zeitung. The appearance of this
leading light of socialism was SignaliZed
by more kissing and cheering,
winding up in row between
factions in tile rear of the
hail When ho,tilities had ceased. Mr..
Schevitch said he had nothing offensive
to say about the two leaders of the
Henry George movement, but when
they attempted to prescribe one medi-
cine for all the ills of labor, they made
mistake. He and his fellow socialists
had, he said taken back seat in the
United Labor party in order not to
arouse the mad-dog cry of social
ism. They had done good
work for the party. He re-
ferred to the various parties
which had arisen and passed away, and
declared that their fall was due to
bOSSiSm and the dictation of individuals.
Mr.. Schevitch then proceeded to criti-
-
resentative of labor. He was OCCASION
ally interrupted. but on the whole his
speech was we'll received, and he was
loudly applanded at times. After sew
eral letters of sympathy from Troy,
Buffalo and other cities had been read,
the following
RESOLUTIONS WE'RE ADOPTED:
That the workingmen of the city repudiate
Henry George his platform and his political
machinery; that he has aided the capitafistic
class by casting odium on body of earnest
workers and thinkers, who have fought the
battles of humanity and progress; calling on
organized labor TO rescue the labor move
ment from the boss, Henry George, pledging
the socialists to act politically against
all the existing parties, including the
George party, until genuine labor
party is formed; and calling upon
the opponents of George i'll the United Labor
party TO elect delegates to conference to be
held Sunday, Sept 4, at Webster hall, and
also inviting all trade and labor organizations
to send delegates to that conference with a
view to separate political action.
After the adoption of the resolutions
the interest in the meeting lessened, and
many left the hall without listening to
the speeches of Edward FinklestOne,
the rejected Syracuse delegate; Editor
Jones, of the Volks Zeitung, and Col.
Hinbon, all of whom denounced Henry
George as boss and the United Labor
party as a machine.